Casper Ruud victorious over Zhizhen Zhang 4-6 6-4 6-1 6-4 in the 3rd round in Paris on Saturday. Ruud will engage against Nicolas Jarry in the 4th round. The match lasted 2 hours and 35 minutes. His most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the final in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Ruud added to his prize money € 98,000 after winning this match. He has already won € 240,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Casper will add € 160,000 to his earnings to get in total € 400,000 in total.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Zhizhen Zhang French Open – Paris
Ruud’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Ruud scored 116 points vs. the Chinese’s 100.
Ruud
Ruud was pretty good at converting 55% of the break points that he procured (6/11).
Zhang
On the other side, Zhizhen was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 30% – 3/10). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Ruud and Zhang is 1-0 for Casper.
Draw and next match H2H: Casper Ruud vs. Nicolas Jarry – stats
Ruud will play Jarry in the 4th round.
This will be the 3rd time that Casper Ruud and Nicolas Jarry face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Ruud and Jarry (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Jarry won 3-6 7-62 7-5 in the quarter in Geneva back in May 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Ruud started the set strong after breaking Zhizhen Zhang in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Zhang to win the set as the Norwegian managed to break back in the 8th (4-4) game. Zhang kept his cool to break Casper in the 9th (5-4) game before conquering the set (6-4).
Zhizhen was spot on in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Casper was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 6th (2-3 30-40), the 8th (3-4 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 77 points. Zhizhen was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than the Norwegian (41-36). Zhizhen dropped 14 points on serve (22-14). In addition, on the other side, the Norwegian conceded 19 points on serve (22-19).
Ruud won the set after he broke the Chinese in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game. The Chinese tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Anyhow, Ruud didn’t lose the lead to conquer the set 6-4.
Casper converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40). In addition on the other side, Zhizhen converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (1-3 0-40).
They played 50 points. This set was so close that, Casper won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Ruud surrendered 11 points on serve (17-11). on the other side of the court, Zhizhen conceded 8 points on serve (14-8
).Ruud was far too good to drop only 1 game before breaking the Chinese 2 times and win the set 6-1.
Zhizhen was powerless in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.
The Norwegian was flawless in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 0-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40). On the other side, the Norwegian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 34 points. Casper was the one to win the set after conquering 14 points more than Zhizhen (24-10). The Norwegian surrendered 5 points on serve (16-5). on the other side of the court, Zhizhen conceded 8 points on serve (5-8
).The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Casper conquered in the 5th game (3-2) before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
The Norwegian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (2-2 15-40). On the other side, Ruud didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 55 points. Casper conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Zhang (31-24). Casper lost 6 points on serve (20-6). on the other side of the court, the Chinese conceded 11 points on serve (18-11).
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